Will Terrell Owens Play in Super Bowl XXXIX?
How many times will you hear this question in the next 10 or so days? One million? One billion?

What did T.O. do today? Did he run? How did he look? How does his ankle feel?

I mean really, the guy hasn't run in the last seven weeks until today. Even if he can play how much of a factor can he be? I know he's a physical specimen and he's a tremendous athlete, but still...To go from not being able to run a few days ago to playing in the Super Bowl in less than a two week span is too much to ask of anybody. Even if he can somehow play, I don't see him as being the factor that makes the Eagles beat the Patriots. It just is too much to ask from a guy with one leg, to knock off all that rust and contribute in the biggest game of the year against the best team in the NFL.

Like there isn't enough nonsense going on in the week of hype leading up to the Super Bowl, know we have to deal with Terrell Owens and "ankle-gate" (I say "ankle-gate" because it's fun to add "gate" as a suffix to any popular news story. It has a way of making things sound far more intense than they really are).

I look forward to tomorrow when ESPN bombards me with coverage of T.O. walking into the Eagles practice facility and then a bunch of interviews with his teammates giving responses like "only T.O. knows if he'll be ready to play" and "I think that if he feels like he can play he'll be out there". Don't you just love the media blowing things out of proportion? Am I contributing to that? Where do I send my mandatory "Is T.O. going to be ready for the big game" questions? Somebody please let me know.